One Child Policy In China: A Real Solution?

Since the 1950s, China has installed birth control in the law,
and during these past decades, this law has become stricter and
stricter, and developed to the One Child Policy.. But is it
always for the best, or should there be a limit? What are the
real consequences of this law today?

History:

During the end of the 1940s, China decided to take control of the
issue of the population growth and introduced birth control into
the law, and started to sell and advertise more about
contraceptives, to make the people go along with the new rules.
But the people weren’t that interested. So, the birth control law
didn’t come to its ultimate point until 1970s, where the One
Child Policy was founded. It became much more successful than 20
years ago, since the doctors and the politicians now had more
knowledge about abortion techniques, effective contraceptives and
sterilization. Due to this, this law became more established in
the society.

The Law

But what does the One Child Policy say? Each family shouldn’t
have more than one child, preferably a boy. Only in special
cases, like when the first child dies in a natural way or if the
first child is a girl, the family can have two children. To
prevent the mothers having more than one child, the law forces
them to have an abortion, or they sterilize both men and women.
In some cases, infants have been killed. Rich people can pay a
very high fee if they want to have another child.

The funny thing is that this law has caused some problems for
China too since the birth of boys is preferred over girls. The
number of women is disconcertedly low, and because of this, many
Chinese men can’t find a partner to get married either, which is
apparently an important thing to do for the men of the country:
get married and start a family.

My thoughts

The thing that is so horrible about this law is the fact that the
couples can’t choose the future of their family; they are forced
to kill their own children before they are born, without having
the power to do anything. In 2013, 400 million abortions were
made. I think the family has been destroyed by this law; the
dream of having the family you want has been torn apart, along
with many innocent children’s lives. The fact that women are
forced to have an abortion is another horrible detail of the One
Children Policy. Today’s society says that every woman should be
able to decide what to do with her body because it’s hers and
nobody else. So the woman in question should have the right to
decide if she wants to have an abortion or not.

I think that whatever you or the other’s opinion on abortion is,
I think everyone has the right to choose what to do. The One
Child Policy is doing the exact opposite on that principal.
That’s why I think this law should be abolished as soon as
possible because killing children and forcing women into abortion
and destroying families like this is absolutely not a solution to
the population growth in China

A Brighter Future?

Luckily enough, there is some light in all this. In fact, the One
Child Policy became less severe by the start of 2013: more
families with several issues or who are in a special situation
are now allowed to have three children. Could this be a step
forward to a better future? I don’t know, but I will still be
hoping for this thing to stop as soon as possible. For me,
there’s still hope for the future.